Today's Top 20 Stories

  1. What to know about Rhode Island's $100M psychiatric hospital revamp

    Paige Haeffele -
    Rhode Island legislators further developed their plans for a $100 million enhancement of the Eleanor Slater Hospital in Burrille.

  2. Ballad Health opens 24-hour behavioral health center in Tennessee

    Amelia Ickes -
    Ballad Health has opened a 24-hour center at the Woodridge psychiatric hospital in Johnson City, Tenn., according to a Feb. 6 report from WJHL News.

  3. Horizon Behavioral Health offering trauma sensitivity training scholarships to Virginia educators

    Hayley DeSilva -
    Lynchburg, Va.-based Horizon Behavioral Health plans to offer 15 scholarships for trauma sensitivity training to Virginia educators and school administrators, ABC affiliate WSET reported Feb. 6. 

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  1. Shore Neurocognitive and Behavioral Health doubles facility in expansion

    Hayley DeSilva -
    Easton, Md.-based Shore Neurocognitive and Behavioral Health has doubled its facility to allow for more support and services for aging adults and their caregivers, The Star Democrat reported Feb. 5. 

  2. First lady Jill Biden visits California veterans' mental health center

    Paige Haeffele -
    First lady Jill Biden, EdD, visited a Cohen Veterans Network mental health clinic in Oceanside, Calif., in support of the White House's Joining Forces initiative. 

  3. Stepping Stones Group opens autism treatment center in Massachusetts

    Paige Haeffele -
    Boston-based Stepping Stones Group cut the ribbon on its new autism treatment center in Springfield, Mass.

  4. Pennsylvania rep reintroduces bill to aid homelessness and behavioral health

    Hayley DeSilva -
    Rep. Madeleine Dean of Pennsylvania reintroduced The Homelessness and Behavioral Health Care Coordination Act in the U.S. House of Representatives.

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  1. South Dakota bill to allocate $20M in scholarships for behavioral health careers advances

    Hayley DeSilva -
    A South Dakota legislative committee unanimously decided to advance a bill that would set aside $20 million in scholarships for students going into behavioral health careers, South Dakota Public Broadcasting reported Feb. 3. 

  2. 10 best medical schools for psychiatrists for 2023, per US News

    Paige Haeffele -
    Boston-based Harvard University has the best psychiatry program, according to U.S. News and World Report's list of best medical schools for 2023. 

  3. Inside New York's $1B+ mental health budget: 11 numbers to know

    Paige Haeffele -
    New York Gov. Kathy Hochul outlined her more than $1 billion, multiyear initiative to overhaul the state's "strained" and "suffering" mental healthcare system.

  4. Cigna, Kaiser Permanente put $34M into OCD treatment platform

    Paige Haeffele -
    NOCD, a virtual mental health treatment provider specializing in obsessive-compulsive disorder, raised $34 million in a funding round led by Cigna Ventures and 7wireVentures. 

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  1. Community Mental Health Affiliates pays $384K to settle overbilling allegations

    Hayley DeSilva -
    New Britain, Conn.-based Community Mental Health Affiliates has agreed to pay $384,322 to settle allegations that the behavioral health organization overbilled Medicaid for services, the U.S. Department of Justice said Feb. 2. 

  2. Klamath Basin Behavioral Health to expand with new facility

    Hayley DeSilva -
    Klamath Falls, Ore.-based Klamath Basin Behavioral Health center plans to build a new facility, Jefferson Public Radio reported Feb. 1. 

  3. Arizona hospital to open 24-bed inpatient behavioral health center

    Hayley DeSilva -
    Yuma (Ariz.) Regional Medical Center plans to open a new behavioral health clinic, KAWC reported Feb. 1. 

  4. 15 new mental health facilities in January

    Paige Haeffele -
    Here are 15 newly announced or opened mental health treatment centers reported on by Becker's since Jan. 9:

  5. Williamsburg Therapy Group expands to Texas

    Paige Haeffele -
    New York City-based Williamsburg Therapy Group opened a location in Austin, Texas, the group's second overall. 

  6. 26 mental health company expansions, acquisitions, mergers in January

    Paige Haeffele -
    Here are 26 acquisitions, expansions and mergers among mental health companies reported on by Becker's since Jan. 3:

  7. Centene, LA Care Health partner to provide mental telehealth services to 1.3 million Los Angeles public school students

    Jakob Emerson and Paige Haeffele -
    A partnership between Los Angeles County, L.A. Care Health Plan and Centene's Health Net will soon offer free mental telehealth services to 1.3 million public school students.

  8. BriteLife, BCBS strike partnership

    Paige Haeffele -
    BriteLife Recovery's substance use treatment center in Hanover, Pa., is now in network with Capital Blue Cross.

  9. NAMI Los Angeles adds Michele Broadnax to board

    Paige Haeffele -
    Michele Broadnax has been appointed to the board of directors of the National Alliance on Mental Illness' Greater Los Angeles County chapter. 

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